Deuteronomy 16

King James Version · 22 verses · 493 cross-references linking it to 217 other chapters

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1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.36 cross-references: Exodus 34:18, Exodus 13:4, Numbers 28:16, Exodus 12:2–20, Numbers 9:2–5
2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.28 cross-references: Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:26, Luke 22:8, Deuteronomy 15:20, Deuteronomy 12:18
3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.36 cross-references: Exodus 12:39, Exodus 12:19–20, Exodus 34:18, Numbers 9:11, Exodus 12:8
4And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.7 cross-references: Exodus 34:25, Exodus 12:10, Exodus 13:7, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:8
5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee:6 cross-references: Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 12:5–6
6But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.14 cross-references: Deuteronomy 12:5, Hebrews 1:2–3, Matthew 26:20, Numbers 9:3, 1 Peter 1:19–20
7And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.12 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 35:13, 2 Kings 23:23, Deuteronomy 16:6, Exodus 12:8–9, John 11:55
8Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.13 cross-references: Exodus 13:6–8, Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 28:17–19, Exodus 12:15–16, Leviticus 23:6–8
9Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.19 cross-references: Exodus 34:22, Exodus 23:16, Acts 2:1, 1 Corinthians 16:8, Leviticus 23:15–16
10And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the Lord thy God, according as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:25 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 16:2, Leviticus 25:26, Malachi 3:10–11, Proverbs 10:22, Leviticus 5:7
11And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.46 cross-references: Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Isaiah 66:10–14, Romans 5:11
12And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.15 cross-references: Deuteronomy 15:15, Ephesians 2:11, Deuteronomy 16:15, Ephesians 2:1–3, Romans 6:17–18
13Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:23 cross-references: John 7:2, Exodus 23:16, Leviticus 23:34–36, 2 Chronicles 5:3, Zechariah 14:16–18
14And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.32 cross-references: Nehemiah 8:9–12, Deuteronomy 16:11, Isaiah 25:6–8, Isaiah 30:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:16
15Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose: because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.9 cross-references: Leviticus 23:36–42, Deuteronomy 30:16, Deuteronomy 16:10, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 28:8–12
16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:43 cross-references: Psalms 96:8, Proverbs 3:9–10, Haggai 1:9, Exodus 23:14–17, Matthew 2:11
17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.7 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 9:6–7, Deuteronomy 16:10, 2 Corinthians 8:12, Leviticus 27:8, Mark 12:41–44
18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.50 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 23:4, Romans 13:1–6, 2 Chronicles 19:5–11, Deuteronomy 1:15–17, 1 Chronicles 26:29
19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.58 cross-references: Exodus 23:2, Leviticus 19:15, Proverbs 17:23, Habakkuk 1:4, Deuteronomy 10:17
20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.11 cross-references: Philippians 4:8, Micah 6:8, Ezekiel 18:9, Romans 10:5, Ezekiel 18:5
21Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.16 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 33:3, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 21:3, Exodus 34:13, 1 Kings 16:33
22Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.9 cross-references: Leviticus 26:1, Exodus 20:4, Deuteronomy 12:31, Jeremiah 44:4, Revelation 2:15

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Kuntillet Ajrud c. 800 BC